Peace movements
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Kay Camp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-169
Abstract
Katherine Lindsley Camp was born in 1918 [1919?], Mt. Kisco New York. She was a graduate of Swarthmore College (Class of 1940). Camp was elected president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1967, and served as international president, 1974-1980. In addition Camp was founder of the Citizens Bi-Racial Study Group; former president of the Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus; made unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1972 on the Democratic ticket in...
Dates:
1955-2006
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Campaign Against Arms Trade Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Campaign Against Arms Trade
Abstract
The collection consists of flyers, fact sheets, and background papers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
General Strike for Peace Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-General Strike for Peace
Abstract
Collection includes leaflets, printed correspondence and notices.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1961-1963
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward Hasbrouck Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hasbrouck, Edward
Abstract
Edward Hasbrouck was born in 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1980, when registration for the draft was reinstituted, he refused to register. Hasbrouck worked with the National Resistance Committee and affiliated local organizations. In June 1983, he was put on probation because of his draft refusal and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service. This sentence was revoked in November 1983 in favor of a six month prison term, which Hasbrouck served at the federal prison camp in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
International Federation of League of Nations Societies Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Belgium-International Federation of League of Nations...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919-1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
June Miller Thompson and Justine Miller Merritt papers
Collection — Othertype DG 291
Identifier: SCPC-DG-291
Abstract
This collection contains materials given to the donor by her aunt, June Miller Thompson. Materials include photos, media, audiotapes, and diaries related to the Great Peace March. Her writings related to peace, peaceful civil disobedience, nuclear war, and nuclear energy are also included. Her engagement in the Ribbon prior to and during August 1985, included her participation and presence (and that of her husband, Bill Willard Thompson) in Hiroshima while the Ribbon was unfolding in...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1985
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Peace Council (Great Britain) Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-National Peace Council
Abstract
The National Peace Council, established in 1905 as the National Council of Peace Societies and later also known as the National Council for the Prevention of War, brought together national groups and organizations that held a common interest in peace, disarmament, and internationalism in support of radical and constructive solutions to problems related to war and violence. Its affiliated groups included peace societies as well as religious, social, and industrial organizations. A major task...
Dates:
1909-2000
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
New Jewish Agenda Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New Jewish Agenda
Scope and Contents
Collection includes, flyers, newsletters, published correspondence; includes folders for the National Office, Connecticut (New Haven), District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), Massachusetts (Boston), Michigan (Ann Arbor), New York (Queens).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area chapter Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area
Scope and Contents
Collection includes, leaflets, minutes of meetings, printed correspondence including emails. Correspondents include Clarkson Palmer.
Dates:
2001-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Nonviolent Peaceforce Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-268
Abstract
Co-founded by peace activisits David Hartsough and Mel Duncan in 2002, the Nonviolent Peaceforce is an unarmed civilian peace force that works internationally by protecting civilians in conflicts and helping to resolve conflicts peacefully through dialogue. Records include the early development and planning of the organization, funding and financing, media and publicity attention the organization received, committee minutes, international trip reports, and training of the civilian...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1994-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
